Doing The Same Thing As Everyone Else
You've probably heard of the phrase, "There is safety in numbers". Indeed, this is the way that most people play the game of life - sticking to what (they think) they know, playing safe and doing the same thing as everyone else.
Yet, if you look to the people who are seen to be as the most outstanding individuals in their respective fields, you will notice that there was something different about them. They were all brave enough to stand up for themselves and do what they felt was the thing to do, regardless of what the masses said or did. They believed in themselves. By the same token, the innovative and money-making ideas are often those which buck the trend.
The employee at 3m conceived the idea of the Post-It note from a batch of glue that had gone wrong.
He did something different. He bucked the trend and stood by his own belief.
Similarly, in 2001, in a year that brought widespread layoffs in the US technology sector, a company called SAS Institute maintained full employment. In fact, they significantly expanded their sales force. In an industry where average staff turnover is well over 20%, SAS has a staff turnover of less than 5%. Starbucks does the same thing. It opened up in Vienna, where others said that it would never work because of the Viennese being such connoisseurs of coffee. Starbucks bucked the trend, on the basis that there is room for variety and for all.
What one step can you take today to make progress towards what you want?
Quote:
"The man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd"
James Crook
Working Too Hard And Not Having Fun
Most people have the belief that in order to get what they want, they must work hard. This is only the case if you believe it to be so. In fact, whilst many very successful people do put effort into their work, it actually feels effortless! This comes from having a burning desire, a strong focus on a vision that inspires, and doing what they love.
Bill Gates gave up his role as Chief Executive of Microsoft, to be Chief Software Officer, because this is what he loves and is good at. Most highly successful people so enjoy what they do that they continue "working" well past the official age of retirement.
Think about a time when you were enjoying yourself - did it feel like hard work or did it feel effortless? When you do what you love and enjoy, time passes by quickly and "working" long hours is not an issue at all.
Highly successful people also have a passion for what they do, and their passion infuses other with enthusiasm. The result is that many people want to work and support them, making the task at hand even easier.
How we think and feel carries with it a vibrational frequency. You already know this instinctively. For example, you might say, "I feel on top of the world", or "I feel down in the dumps", or "I could feel the vibes in the room", or "We just weren't on the same wavelength", or "I've just had a brainwave". Like a radio station, we broadcast and receive these frequencies through our thoughts and feelings. We attract to ourselves people, events, information and circumstances which are in vibrational harmony with what we are thinking and feeling.
The harder we strive, the lower our vibration, and when we work too hard, we stifle that very creativity that makes our lives easier, and it's as if we close the door on ourselves, blocking all the good results coming our way. Having fun is absolutely essential! It has a high vibrational frequency. And don't you feel so feel so much more able to handle the day when you feel this way?
How can you make your work more enjoyable? How can you relax more and stop working so hard?
What one step can you take today to make progress towards what you want?
Quote:
"I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun."
Thomas A. Edison
Not Having A Burning Desire
We are often inundated with our everyday routine that we don't make the space to relax sufficiently to get in touch with what it is that we really want. We don't spend enough time dreaming about what we want to fan the flames of that initial spark until it is burning ardently within us.
What do you want with so much earnestness that you can almost feel it as real here right now.
Frequently, we get to the point of wanting something. We feel the desire but then it is followed quickly by a sense of disappointment or frustration as we realise that we don't actually have it now. We give up on the desire because we don't like that feeling. Or we may find self-doubt creeping in. Sometimes, we don't keep a long-term view and we get impatient. We may give it a go, and then give up before it has a chance to get here!
Fuel, fuel and fuel your desire until it burns brightly. Enjoy the dream and the desire, and relax and trust that it will come your way, as long as you keep the inspiration alive. Persist, and hold the expectation of having what you want become real for you.
What one step can you take today to make progress towards what you want?
Quote:
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
Calvin Coolidge
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